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Product Development Engineer

Job Snapshot
Location:
15011 Herriman Blvd
Noblesville, IN 46060 (map it!Map it! )
Employee Type:
Full-Time
Industry:
Medical Equipment
Healthcare - Health Services
Pharmaceutical
Manages Others:
No
Job Type:
Engineering
Manufacturing
Biotech
Education:
4 Year Degree
Experience:
At least 3 year(s)
Travel:
Negligible
Relocation Covered:
No
Post Date:
10/30/2009
Contact Information
Contact:
Heather Warnick
Description King Systems is a custom manufacturer of anesthesia and respiratory care products. King Systems now offers more than 3,500 different circuit configurations, four product lines of face masks, and hundreds of other products. King Systems employs people in all areas of operations including product development, engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance, marketing and sales operations.

Currently we are searching for a dynamic and innovative Development Engineer with the requisite technical background. This position directly reports to the VP of Product Development. The Product Development Engineer will primarily be responsible for the design and development of new and improved products and line extensions, as well as the technical leadership for managing the product development projects of low to medium technical complexity through phase-gate process from concept generation to market launch. (Travel 5%)
Requirements
  • Bachelor degree or Master degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field
  • Minimum of 3 years hands on work experience in the development of new products, at least 1 of the years is required to be in the medical device industry 
  • Experience in the design, development and launching of disposable medical devices is preferred
  • Ability to work independent with minimum supervision
  • Strong results orientation
  • Ability to successfully lead the development of airway management and anesthesia products, new, incremental and line extensions
  • Experience leading cross-functional project teams to drive product development projects through phase gate product development process from concept generation to market launch
  • Effectively work with clinicians, end users and marketing to define and evaluate new innovative product concepts to address unmet customer and business needs
  • Ability to research materials, products, technologies, test methods and assembly/fabrication process 
  • Experience designing prototypes for early stage concept evaluation and conducting evaluations to establish feasibility studies working with internal engineering group and outside contractors/vendors
  • Proven project management skills to effectively manage and execute all phases of project and deliverables, including budget
  • Ability to effectively communicate (oral/written) and work cooperatively with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing and the customer
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